Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in sidebar.php in WordPress, when custom 404 pages that call get_sidebar are used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string (PHP_SELF), a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-1622.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | wordpress | 2.2.2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | wordpress | 2.2.2-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | wordpress | 2.2.2-1 | — |
References
- 37296 vdb-entry
- 2694 third-party-advisory
- 20070502 Wordpress All versions XSS mailing-list